WEBVTT - Talkin' Cowboys: Daniel Jeremiah 1-on-1 0:00:01.840 --> 0:00:04.400 The following is a production of Dallas Cowboys dot Com 0:00:04.440 --> 0:00:15.760 and the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. This he's Talking Cowboys 0:00:15.800 --> 0:00:19.200 training live from the Dallas Cowboys World Howquarters at the 0:00:19.280 --> 0:00:31.640 Star in Chris Jodday. Hello and welcome to Talking Cowboys 0:00:31.720 --> 0:00:34.680 one on one. I'm HECKM. Harrison, and today, guys, I 0:00:34.840 --> 0:00:37.559 have the awesome opportunity to talk with the guy that 0:00:37.680 --> 0:00:42.160 really needs no introduction. Uh. He is a former Appalachian 0:00:42.240 --> 0:00:48.199 State quarterback, former NFL scout, a co host on on 0:00:48.440 --> 0:00:52.320 NFL Network. Also Man, His podcast is amazing. He and 0:00:52.440 --> 0:00:56.440 Bucky Brooks and moves the sticks. He is a color 0:00:56.480 --> 0:01:01.120 commentator for the San Diego Charges. The one and Only 0:01:01.280 --> 0:01:04.399 Daniel Jeremiah. How are you, DJ? I'm doing great, Heck. 0:01:04.480 --> 0:01:07.280 I appreciate you having me on. Two things. First, h A, 0:01:08.560 --> 0:01:10.880 I love your energy and your smile. It gets pepping 0:01:10.880 --> 0:01:14.000 me up this morning. And then in the background, I 0:01:14.040 --> 0:01:15.720 need the story. First of all, I love the Muhammad 0:01:15.720 --> 0:01:17.760 Ali pick, but I need the story on the on 0:01:17.800 --> 0:01:19.880 the bleachers behind you, the bleacher chairs there, because those 0:01:19.880 --> 0:01:24.520 are pretty dope man. That is from Texas Stadium. I 0:01:24.680 --> 0:01:27.600 was a nice yeah. So once the rubble went down, 0:01:27.720 --> 0:01:30.160 I had to get those man. I pulled those out 0:01:31.240 --> 0:01:33.440 one oh six and one oh seven. Man, So you 0:01:33.520 --> 0:01:35.840 gotta be a Cowboy fan to sit in those chairs. 0:01:35.840 --> 0:01:37.800 So I'm gonna ask you to see if we could 0:01:37.840 --> 0:01:40.360 get you a VIP access over here in these seats. 0:01:40.360 --> 0:01:42.600 All right, I tell you true story, true story as 0:01:42.640 --> 0:01:46.759 we get started here. I grew up a diehard Cowboy fan. 0:01:47.160 --> 0:01:48.920 You know, I grew up in San Diego, but my 0:01:49.000 --> 0:01:51.720 dad would do a lot of the chapels for the 0:01:51.800 --> 0:01:54.360 Charges and for the visiting teams. Or my dad went 0:01:54.360 --> 0:01:58.120 to seminary in Dallas. He went to Dallas Theological Seminary. 0:01:58.160 --> 0:02:00.800 So he used to sell programs at Cowboys games, like 0:02:00.840 --> 0:02:02.200 when he was right out of college. So he had 0:02:02.240 --> 0:02:03.920 been a Cowboy fan from way back. And then the 0:02:03.960 --> 0:02:05.680 Cowboys used to come out there as they do now. 0:02:05.760 --> 0:02:08.200 Spent a lot of time in California, so he developed 0:02:08.280 --> 0:02:10.720 a good relationship with coach Landry at that time. So 0:02:10.760 --> 0:02:12.760 as a kid, we would go down and see that 0:02:12.880 --> 0:02:15.000 the preseason game against the Charges, and we would go 0:02:15.040 --> 0:02:17.400 to the Cowboys practice. So I've been a Cowboy fan 0:02:17.480 --> 0:02:19.080 all growing up. You know. The nineties was when I 0:02:19.120 --> 0:02:21.480 was in high school. So those are fun times. But 0:02:21.560 --> 0:02:24.960 I had never been to Texas Stadium. And I went 0:02:25.000 --> 0:02:26.480 on a trip with my dad and we had a 0:02:26.560 --> 0:02:29.880 layover at DFW and it was a long layover, and 0:02:29.960 --> 0:02:31.800 so I don't ren remember where we're going, but I 0:02:31.800 --> 0:02:33.560 know we had a long layover in my dad said, okay, 0:02:33.560 --> 0:02:35.120 we got off the plane. It was a lot easier, 0:02:35.160 --> 0:02:36.760 like pre nine to eleven at that time to be 0:02:36.840 --> 0:02:39.480 getting in and out of airports. So we've got a cab. 0:02:39.880 --> 0:02:42.680 We went to Texas Stadium. I don't know how there 0:02:42.720 --> 0:02:45.880 was security was not there apparently, because we walked into 0:02:45.880 --> 0:02:48.680 the stadium, walked onto the fifty yard line to the 0:02:48.720 --> 0:02:52.320 star and I remember I was probably like twelve something 0:02:52.320 --> 0:02:54.560 like that, and I just remember how crown the field was. 0:02:54.600 --> 0:02:56.320 I had never seen a field that was that crown. 0:02:56.360 --> 0:02:58.200 You stand in the middle and just look downhill to 0:02:58.280 --> 0:03:01.400 the sidelines, but was So that's the only time that 0:03:01.440 --> 0:03:02.640 I've ever been in there. I've been in the New 0:03:02.680 --> 0:03:04.840 Stadium a bunch with work, but the only time I've 0:03:04.840 --> 0:03:06.960 ever been in Technas Stadium and see those bleachers there 0:03:07.120 --> 0:03:09.799 was when out a long layover DFW as a little kid. 0:03:10.360 --> 0:03:13.040 Oh my god, no, that is crazy, man, That Crown 0:03:13.200 --> 0:03:15.560 was there all the way through the eighties, late eighties 0:03:15.560 --> 0:03:18.520 and early nineties, so that had to be at that time. 0:03:18.560 --> 0:03:20.960 But DJ Man, I really appreciate you for joining me. 0:03:20.960 --> 0:03:22.800 But I gotta ask you, man, how are you and 0:03:22.840 --> 0:03:25.960 your family doing doing all of this COVID nineteen that 0:03:26.040 --> 0:03:28.640 we have going on in America? Yeah, I think you know, 0:03:28.800 --> 0:03:30.720 like all of us, right, we're just hitting in there 0:03:30.760 --> 0:03:33.440 just to a new way of life. We've been able 0:03:33.480 --> 0:03:35.280 to get out a little bit more. I mean, we 0:03:35.280 --> 0:03:38.040 were really cooped up for a very long time, and 0:03:38.120 --> 0:03:41.160 you know, California, like Texas, we've seen you know, spikes. 0:03:41.160 --> 0:03:44.440 So we're very careful wear a mask and social distance 0:03:44.480 --> 0:03:47.480 and we follow all the guidelines. But we've played a 0:03:47.520 --> 0:03:51.040 lot of card games as a family. We've said a 0:03:51.040 --> 0:03:54.920 lot of time together. I tell you what, there's some 0:03:55.000 --> 0:03:57.440 things and I think from a broad standpoint, like for 0:03:57.520 --> 0:04:02.160 football wise, from operations standpoints, outing, and even like personally, 0:04:02.920 --> 0:04:05.000 there are more efficient ways to do things and maybe 0:04:05.040 --> 0:04:06.640 we've done them in the past. And I think once 0:04:06.680 --> 0:04:09.200 we get on the other side of this thing, some 0:04:09.280 --> 0:04:11.240 of the practices we've picked up. I know I have 0:04:11.360 --> 0:04:14.560 like individually work wise as well as the simple things 0:04:14.600 --> 0:04:17.400 like calling ahead for your order and then pull up 0:04:17.440 --> 0:04:19.400 into the parking space and they bring you out your 0:04:19.400 --> 0:04:22.480 food while everybody waits in that long drive through line. Genius. 0:04:22.960 --> 0:04:25.360 So I'm trying to find some positives that we can 0:04:25.360 --> 0:04:26.960 take out of this when this is all over. How 0:04:27.000 --> 0:04:30.040 are you? How are you going? By the way, man, Man, Man, hey, 0:04:30.080 --> 0:04:32.640 I'm the same. I'm the Juno champion in my household, 0:04:32.680 --> 0:04:35.680 so crownding myself. So this a lot of card game, 0:04:36.040 --> 0:04:38.680 card games, board games, all of that going on over here. 0:04:38.680 --> 0:04:40.960 But with the time that I have with you, man, 0:04:41.000 --> 0:04:43.080 I want to get right into a DJ and so 0:04:43.360 --> 0:04:46.880 I'm going to ask you to play Roger Goodell. You 0:04:46.920 --> 0:04:49.839 are the commissioner of the NFL. Right now, you feel 0:04:49.960 --> 0:04:54.479 richer right right now? I say that you're so with 0:04:54.680 --> 0:04:57.560 everything that's going on with COVID nineteen and everyone is 0:04:57.600 --> 0:05:00.479 waiting to hear what this season is going to be like. 0:05:00.680 --> 0:05:03.000 And again I'm asking you to play Roger Goodale. So 0:05:03.200 --> 0:05:05.880 you're going down into your Roger Goodale bunker and about 0:05:05.880 --> 0:05:08.560 to see your lazy boy, and you're thinking to yourself self, 0:05:08.800 --> 0:05:11.480 I'm a genius. I'm the leader of the largest one 0:05:11.480 --> 0:05:14.720 of the largest leagues in the world. Are you thinking 0:05:14.760 --> 0:05:18.200 that you're going to delay the NFL the start of 0:05:18.240 --> 0:05:21.680 the NFL season because of the of COVID nineteen or 0:05:21.800 --> 0:05:26.440 go forward and take examples from MLB and NBA and 0:05:26.600 --> 0:05:29.720 if someone comes down with it, we'll just isolate quarantine 0:05:29.760 --> 0:05:32.520 things like that. What do you think this season is 0:05:32.560 --> 0:05:34.160 going to look like and what's going to be the 0:05:34.200 --> 0:05:38.240 best way to go through a season start to finish. Well, 0:05:38.240 --> 0:05:41.240 He's got so many decisions he's got to make, and 0:05:41.279 --> 0:05:42.960 that's a lot of weight on his shoulders when you 0:05:43.000 --> 0:05:46.039 think about the obviously start with the safety of everybody 0:05:46.080 --> 0:05:48.359 involved at the very top of the list, and then 0:05:48.480 --> 0:05:51.800 you also have the finances involved for everybody that's in 0:05:51.839 --> 0:05:53.600 the league and associated with the league. So that's a 0:05:53.600 --> 0:05:56.400 lot of responsibility on his on his plate. I mean, 0:05:56.920 --> 0:06:00.240 look me personally, I know there's been some talk about out, 0:06:01.000 --> 0:06:03.280 you know, going we're going down to two preseason games, 0:06:03.279 --> 0:06:05.880 and now there's talk players association. You know, I would 0:06:05.920 --> 0:06:07.839 prefer if we had no preseason games, and to be 0:06:07.880 --> 0:06:10.480 honest with yeah, I'm okay with that. Whatever gets us 0:06:10.520 --> 0:06:13.760 to week one safely that we can launch this thing 0:06:13.760 --> 0:06:15.919 and get it started like that's the first phase is 0:06:15.920 --> 0:06:18.800 can we get this thing up? Um. So once you 0:06:18.839 --> 0:06:20.919 can get it up, now we worry about how do 0:06:20.960 --> 0:06:22.960 we maintain it going forward. But I think that's the 0:06:23.000 --> 0:06:25.839 first place I would start. And you know, I you know, 0:06:25.960 --> 0:06:28.880 in a normal year, having you know, two three preseason games, 0:06:28.920 --> 0:06:31.320 I think it is beneficial for was probably a bit much. 0:06:31.720 --> 0:06:34.360 But in this special, unique circumstance, man, let's just get 0:06:34.400 --> 0:06:36.479 to week one. If you come to come to training 0:06:36.520 --> 0:06:39.080 camp with you know, say eighty players, limit that number 0:06:39.080 --> 0:06:42.320 down a little bit to say eighty Um, no preseason games. 0:06:42.600 --> 0:06:44.800 You just gotta get yourself ready to go. Allow for 0:06:44.839 --> 0:06:47.200 the fact that it's a sixteen games season. You know, 0:06:47.440 --> 0:06:49.880 you can you can afford to adjust a little bit 0:06:49.880 --> 0:06:51.600 in the first quarter of the season, then find your 0:06:51.640 --> 0:06:54.120 stride and still have a chance to accomplish all your goals. 0:06:54.400 --> 0:06:55.800 So that would be the area that I was going 0:06:55.800 --> 0:06:58.200 and then have the plan in place that once, um, 0:06:58.240 --> 0:06:59.880 you know, once we do have you know, the pose 0:07:00.120 --> 0:07:02.240 of tests are inevitable. They're going to happen. Is those 0:07:02.279 --> 0:07:04.919 proper protocols you negotiate with the players Association so we 0:07:04.960 --> 0:07:07.640 can take care of these guys. But I'm optimistic if 0:07:07.680 --> 0:07:09.400 we can get to the first part of it, which 0:07:09.480 --> 0:07:11.600 is get the thing going right, get us up to 0:07:11.640 --> 0:07:14.080 week one, that we can make the adjustments as we 0:07:14.120 --> 0:07:17.360 go along to get through a season. Yeah. Now, look, man, 0:07:17.520 --> 0:07:20.560 I am I told you before in our introductions. Man, 0:07:20.680 --> 0:07:22.680 I'm a big fan of yours. I followed a lot 0:07:22.680 --> 0:07:25.960 of your podcasts, and I want to ask you Mike 0:07:26.040 --> 0:07:29.840 McCarthy question. And you know, as Mike McCarthy's basically at 0:07:29.880 --> 0:07:33.000 Green Bay, he had one hundred percent of his playbook 0:07:33.120 --> 0:07:37.040 at his disposal because of Aaron Rodgers. Now he's in Dallas. 0:07:37.160 --> 0:07:40.280 He has a young quarterback, well fifty year quarterback and 0:07:40.440 --> 0:07:43.760 Dak Prescott. I've heard you make a lot about twelve personnel, 0:07:43.800 --> 0:07:46.320 and you know, Mike McCarthy loves of love and personnel 0:07:46.400 --> 0:07:48.080 and he can do a lot out of twelve as well. 0:07:48.120 --> 0:07:50.679 But you talked about those teams that have had success, 0:07:50.680 --> 0:07:53.080 and these are some of your upper echelon teams like 0:07:53.080 --> 0:07:55.360 the forty nine ers and the Vikings that played that 0:07:55.440 --> 0:07:58.880 big boy Bawling. We have a running back that is 0:07:59.160 --> 0:08:03.040 ball control personify, right, And so when you look at 0:08:03.120 --> 0:08:07.000 Mike McCarthy and just basically the learning curve with him 0:08:07.040 --> 0:08:10.520 and Dak Prescott sending him Obviously with the contract, he's 0:08:10.520 --> 0:08:12.440 going to be in the upper one of those quarterbacks 0:08:12.440 --> 0:08:15.520 as far as his contract, but as far as playmaking ability, 0:08:15.720 --> 0:08:19.680 how does Mike McCarthy fee and grow Dak Prescott from 0:08:19.680 --> 0:08:22.640 where he is right now? Well, you know, I think, 0:08:22.880 --> 0:08:25.160 you know, we talk about the importance of twelve personnel 0:08:25.160 --> 0:08:26.880 and the shift the league has made a lot of 0:08:26.920 --> 0:08:29.920 those top offenses are utilizing that. Well. The Cowboys, you know, 0:08:30.000 --> 0:08:32.679 even as a different coaching staff, offensively move the ball 0:08:32.720 --> 0:08:34.560 as well as anybody last year. And I think when 0:08:34.600 --> 0:08:37.199 you look at the addition of Ceedee Lamb, they're kind 0:08:37.240 --> 0:08:39.440 of built as an eleven personnel team and they're gonna 0:08:39.440 --> 0:08:41.000 be able to spread you out and then let Zeke 0:08:41.040 --> 0:08:43.480 take advantage of some of those lighter boxes because of 0:08:43.520 --> 0:08:45.440 the weapons that you have on the outside. So I'd 0:08:45.440 --> 0:08:48.320 anticipate we'll see more of that. But I'm fascinating, you know, 0:08:48.720 --> 0:08:51.680 Mike McCarthy. We just think of the offense that he ran, 0:08:51.880 --> 0:08:54.479 you know, in Green Bay and going back to the Niners, 0:08:54.480 --> 0:08:57.280 having the time off that he did to study trends, 0:08:57.320 --> 0:08:59.840 to study the college game as well, you know, as 0:08:59.840 --> 0:09:02.200 the unique skill set that Dak brings to the table. 0:09:02.760 --> 0:09:06.719 You know, Dak and Aaron Rodgers, they're both athletic, but 0:09:06.920 --> 0:09:08.599 Dak what he can do as a runner is on 0:09:08.640 --> 0:09:11.640 a whole other level. And so I'm curious to see 0:09:11.640 --> 0:09:14.040 how much quarterback run game they're going to incorporate into 0:09:14.040 --> 0:09:17.040 this offense, because you won't find a better backfield in 0:09:17.120 --> 0:09:19.319 terms of the combination with Zeke and Dak in terms 0:09:19.320 --> 0:09:20.960 of the size and the power to be able to 0:09:21.000 --> 0:09:23.080 do what they want to do and the durability to 0:09:23.120 --> 0:09:26.000 hold up to some of that. So that, to me 0:09:26.080 --> 0:09:27.920 is what I'm fascinated to see, is do we see 0:09:27.960 --> 0:09:30.160 the exact same offense we saw in Green Bay? Are 0:09:30.200 --> 0:09:32.040 we going to see some some new additions and a 0:09:32.080 --> 0:09:33.920 newer version as some of the things he learned during 0:09:33.960 --> 0:09:39.559 his time off Absolutely Now with one of the stronger 0:09:39.600 --> 0:09:42.720 parts of our team has been for years, our offensive line. 0:09:42.800 --> 0:09:45.600 I mean, we have p pro bowler all the way 0:09:45.640 --> 0:09:50.040 across now with the retirement of Travis Fredericks, which us 0:09:50.120 --> 0:09:54.160 all off guard for this dreadful disease, but we wish 0:09:54.200 --> 0:09:57.760 him nothing but the best in his retirement. Now we 0:09:57.960 --> 0:10:00.439 enterest Joe Looney who's had an opportu the need to 0:10:00.440 --> 0:10:03.320 step in for Frederick in the past. However, in the 0:10:03.440 --> 0:10:05.200 draft we go in and we get in the fourth 0:10:05.320 --> 0:10:07.240 round a guy by the name of Tyler Beatis from 0:10:07.280 --> 0:10:10.960 Wisconsin and All American, all World guy. Also at left 0:10:11.000 --> 0:10:14.280 guard we have Connor Williams and Connor McGovern, a guy 0:10:14.320 --> 0:10:16.720 from Penn State that missed all of last year because 0:10:16.760 --> 0:10:20.560 of a peck injury. Now, aside from Tyler Badish Beardish, 0:10:20.679 --> 0:10:24.640 all of these positions are interchangeable Week one, starting five 0:10:24.720 --> 0:10:28.120 for the Dallas Cowboys. Obviously your usual suspect and left guard, 0:10:28.240 --> 0:10:31.480 right guard and right tackle. Who do you sing me 0:10:32.080 --> 0:10:34.560 it's gonna start for the Dallas Cowboys at center and 0:10:34.679 --> 0:10:38.120 at guard. Yeah, I think you're gonna see Looney and 0:10:38.160 --> 0:10:41.280 I think you'll see Counor Williams. I mean that to me. 0:10:41.360 --> 0:10:44.719 I think you start with just have an experience and 0:10:44.760 --> 0:10:48.160 you're in a new system. I think that that veteran 0:10:49.320 --> 0:10:51.400 group right there with those guys, I think that's where 0:10:51.440 --> 0:10:53.800 you start, and we'll see what Beotist can do as 0:10:53.800 --> 0:10:56.640 he gets adjusted to the NFL game. I know they 0:10:56.760 --> 0:10:59.200 love to pound the rock and you saw that in 0:10:59.280 --> 0:11:01.360 college with him him and you saw him move people. 0:11:01.400 --> 0:11:04.280 But I thought past protection, there's still some room for 0:11:04.360 --> 0:11:06.760 growth for him and to develop. So you know, look, 0:11:06.760 --> 0:11:08.679 it's the NFL. As much as the Cowboys, as good 0:11:08.720 --> 0:11:10.720 as they are running the football, it's still you're gonna 0:11:10.800 --> 0:11:12.679 put the ball up a lot, and there's still some 0:11:12.760 --> 0:11:14.840 development for him there in the passing game. So I 0:11:14.880 --> 0:11:16.440 think I would trust the guys that have been there 0:11:16.440 --> 0:11:18.920 a little bit, and then with McGovern and be honest, 0:11:19.000 --> 0:11:20.679 you kind of let's let's get them up to speed 0:11:20.720 --> 0:11:24.360 because in any year you need depth on the offensive line. Now, 0:11:24.440 --> 0:11:27.000 when you start thinking about potentially what could happen if 0:11:27.040 --> 0:11:29.080 you get a positive test and guys have to sit down, 0:11:29.400 --> 0:11:31.280 you're gonna need to come into the season with nine 0:11:31.320 --> 0:11:33.800 guys that are gonna be able to roll through and 0:11:33.840 --> 0:11:35.960 play eventually at some point in time. So we'll see him, 0:11:36.000 --> 0:11:37.680 We're gonna see all those guys, but that would be 0:11:37.720 --> 0:11:40.280 the five I would start out with. All right, that's 0:11:40.280 --> 0:11:43.240 an answer I was looking for it. Man. Now move 0:11:43.320 --> 0:11:45.199 the sticks with you and Bucky. I want to tell 0:11:45.240 --> 0:11:47.800 you I have you guys. I get alerts every time 0:11:47.880 --> 0:11:50.720 you post a podcast, and I promise you I've already been. 0:11:51.120 --> 0:11:53.480 I've already been a guest on the podcast with you 0:11:53.559 --> 0:11:58.160 yelling from my car. But you know, when I look 0:11:58.160 --> 0:11:59.600 at it and I'm just wanting to go on the 0:11:59.640 --> 0:12:03.040 other side out of the ball with the Cowboys defense. 0:12:03.200 --> 0:12:06.920 And look, we had a big loss and free agency 0:12:07.040 --> 0:12:10.680 with Byron Jones leaving Fort Miami, right, but executive VP 0:12:10.840 --> 0:12:15.200 Steven Jones and also Will McClay go into the draft 0:12:15.240 --> 0:12:17.120 and they get a guy that you have ranked in 0:12:17.120 --> 0:12:20.000 the second round and Andrey blond Dix. But I believe 0:12:20.040 --> 0:12:23.120 that we got a absolute still in the fourth round 0:12:23.280 --> 0:12:26.520 and Rensie Robinson out of Tulsa. I know you have 0:12:26.640 --> 0:12:30.440 a lot of great things to say about him, and 0:12:30.720 --> 0:12:33.880 obviously income and Mike Nolan and the and being the 0:12:33.960 --> 0:12:37.400 new DC. How do you see these rookies making that 0:12:37.520 --> 0:12:41.480 impact for the Dallas Cowboys secondary. Well, I think when 0:12:41.520 --> 0:12:43.600 you talk about dbs that can come in and make 0:12:43.640 --> 0:12:45.920 an impact, you talk about guys that can get nose 0:12:46.000 --> 0:12:49.000 to nose and play man. You know, because as you're 0:12:49.000 --> 0:12:52.439 adjusting the schemes and coverages and adjustments that can take 0:12:52.520 --> 0:12:55.199 some time to get comfortable. And with the limited offseason, 0:12:56.160 --> 0:12:58.000 you know that's that can be a little bit of 0:12:58.040 --> 0:13:00.160 a challenge. But when you're talking about guys that go 0:13:00.320 --> 0:13:02.520 nose to nose, and that's what Reggie Robinson can do. 0:13:02.640 --> 0:13:04.720 I mean, he's got the size, he's got the length 0:13:04.720 --> 0:13:08.360 of speed. To me, he's somebody that would just outstanding 0:13:08.400 --> 0:13:11.120 ball skills. So there's a lot that he can bring 0:13:11.160 --> 0:13:12.360 to the table, and I think he will have a 0:13:12.440 --> 0:13:15.120 chance to get on the field relatively early. I'll make 0:13:15.120 --> 0:13:17.760 sure to see that competition between those guys with him 0:13:17.760 --> 0:13:21.360 at Diggs. You know, Diggs is Diggs is Again you 0:13:21.400 --> 0:13:23.040 talk about somebody can get nose to nose and do 0:13:23.080 --> 0:13:25.880 all those things in press coverage. Absolutely, I think Robins 0:13:25.920 --> 0:13:28.720 has a little more upside than Diggs, even though he 0:13:28.800 --> 0:13:31.400 was selected later. So that's one of those deals where 0:13:31.840 --> 0:13:34.280 I think somebody's picked higher and everybody just assumes at 0:13:34.320 --> 0:13:35.880 that position and that role is going to go to 0:13:35.960 --> 0:13:38.080 him early on. I wouldn't write Robinson out of that 0:13:38.120 --> 0:13:39.640 just yet. I make sure to see those guys battle 0:13:39.640 --> 0:13:42.199 it out. Now. I gotta ask you, man, as far 0:13:42.240 --> 0:13:44.520 as Diggs and Robinson, who do you believe has the 0:13:44.640 --> 0:13:48.880 longer NFL career between the two? Well, I mean, that's 0:13:48.960 --> 0:13:50.880 it's tough to say, at this point in time, obviously 0:13:50.880 --> 0:13:53.480 with Digs, you look at the pedigree, you know, with 0:13:53.559 --> 0:13:56.320 the family, you look at playing at a high level 0:13:56.360 --> 0:13:59.760 at the top program in the country in Alabama. That's 0:14:00.600 --> 0:14:03.040 you know. I just think if you're saying what's the 0:14:03.080 --> 0:14:05.840 safer pick, probably Digs. But if you're saying who has 0:14:06.480 --> 0:14:09.360 the most upside, I might even lean towards Robinson on 0:14:09.440 --> 0:14:10.960 that and just that he has a little bit more 0:14:11.000 --> 0:14:13.079 that he can achieve. He's gotten further distance to travel 0:14:13.120 --> 0:14:15.760 to get there. But I think that could be a 0:14:15.760 --> 0:14:17.480 pair we talk about this guy or that guy, that 0:14:17.520 --> 0:14:20.200 couldn't be a combination where that's your starting corners um 0:14:20.240 --> 0:14:23.160 in the future for this team for a long time. Yeah, DJ, 0:14:23.320 --> 0:14:26.400 I believe that Robinson, had he gone to a Power 0:14:26.480 --> 0:14:29.840 five school, he would going a lot higher in the 0:14:29.880 --> 0:14:32.960 traff But look, this is now, we've gotten to the 0:14:33.080 --> 0:14:34.800 end of this man. We can kind of let our 0:14:34.800 --> 0:14:36.720 hair down a little bit. And I got well, you 0:14:36.760 --> 0:14:38.920 can let your hair. You got more. You got some 0:14:39.040 --> 0:14:43.040 beer going there by the way, mustache. It lasted for 0:14:43.080 --> 0:14:46.160 twenty four hours and they got shut down. Executive decision. 0:14:46.680 --> 0:14:48.760 Hey look it looked good, man, You look like a 0:14:48.800 --> 0:14:51.040 guy that gets Hey, you look like a guy that 0:14:51.120 --> 0:14:54.040 still gets id at the store anyway, So it kind 0:14:54.040 --> 0:14:56.240 of gave you that Latin love or look. Bro. Yeah, 0:14:56.320 --> 0:14:58.320 it was. It was not a good situation. It was 0:14:58.320 --> 0:15:00.240 not a good like when the kids. When you've got 0:15:00.240 --> 0:15:02.240 one daughter calling you the skinny Paul Blart, and you've 0:15:02.240 --> 0:15:04.440 got another daughter, you know, calling you Mario from the 0:15:04.480 --> 0:15:08.080 Mario Brothers. It's not It's not a great place to start. 0:15:08.200 --> 0:15:10.680 So we had we had to send him packing last night. 0:15:11.440 --> 0:15:13.280 Paul Blart. Yeah, they had to get it cut off 0:15:13.320 --> 0:15:17.160 real quick. Right now, I got to ask you. I 0:15:17.240 --> 0:15:19.520 gotta ask you some. I gotta ask you some. This 0:15:19.680 --> 0:15:23.360 is my favorite part, man, I rapid fire questions. Now. 0:15:23.680 --> 0:15:26.960 I know that you are a big time baseball fan, 0:15:27.200 --> 0:15:29.600 right yeah, I've done my homework. I know you're a 0:15:29.680 --> 0:15:34.040 baseball guy. The top of the ninth in in the 0:15:34.160 --> 0:15:37.200 bullpen opens, you got one guy to come through that door. 0:15:37.240 --> 0:15:41.240 I got two names for you. Yeah, Mariano Rivera are 0:15:41.240 --> 0:15:45.360 a rich Goose gossage O. I would take Goose just 0:15:45.360 --> 0:15:47.920 because I'm a Padre fan, but I would I would 0:15:47.960 --> 0:15:50.600 try and summon. I would see if they're where's Trevor 0:15:50.640 --> 0:15:52.440 Hoffman at us. He just he's got to be back 0:15:52.480 --> 0:15:55.160 of that bullpen somewhere. That's my guy. Give me and 0:15:55.240 --> 0:15:58.280 get Hell's bells comes. I mean, like people think about Entrance, 0:15:58.400 --> 0:16:00.440 you know Entrance music. Now it's like no big deal 0:16:00.480 --> 0:16:03.120 and everybody has it. He was like the dude that 0:16:03.320 --> 0:16:05.480 was the one, like nobody had that. He did it. 0:16:05.600 --> 0:16:08.160 And then I think after that, Mariono Rivera started coming 0:16:08.200 --> 0:16:12.480 out with Sandman or whatever. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, but no 0:16:12.760 --> 0:16:14.640 so Hoffman. I mean when you think about the old 0:16:14.720 --> 0:16:17.480 Jack Murphy Stadium, the old Qualcomm Stadium was a football 0:16:17.480 --> 0:16:20.600 stadium where they played baseball basically, and they'd have big 0:16:20.680 --> 0:16:23.760 games in the playoffs. You'd have you know, seventy five 0:16:23.840 --> 0:16:26.480 thousand people and they're for a baseball game, and then 0:16:26.560 --> 0:16:28.680 you'd hear that, you just hear the gung and the 0:16:28.800 --> 0:16:34.480 whole place would just go nuts. Yeah. Fun times. Absolutely. Now. 0:16:34.520 --> 0:16:37.520 I know you had an opportunity to see a lot 0:16:37.640 --> 0:16:40.280 of NFL stadiums, and I want to ask you about 0:16:40.440 --> 0:16:43.320 if you would rank these as the worst stadiums, and okay, 0:16:43.320 --> 0:16:48.560 two stadiums in particular, Oakland Coliseum or the VET in Philadelphia. YEP, 0:16:48.720 --> 0:16:52.040 I would say I've been in both. Just I would 0:16:52.080 --> 0:16:54.760 say Oakland's worse because it's more recent in my memory 0:16:55.400 --> 0:16:58.280 having gone up there. It's just there's leaks everywhere, like 0:16:58.440 --> 0:17:00.080 it was not a good situation. Then you see the 0:17:00.160 --> 0:17:02.440 palace they're moving into in Vegas. It's gonna be nice 0:17:02.480 --> 0:17:04.720 out there. That's a big win for us calling Charger 0:17:04.800 --> 0:17:06.879 games to head to Vegas for that one instead of 0:17:06.960 --> 0:17:11.320 to the coliseum in Oakland. Absolute upgrade right there. Now, 0:17:11.600 --> 0:17:14.600 I gotta ask you, flower of corn tortillas, corn all 0:17:14.680 --> 0:17:18.000 day long, Corn of flower never waits. That is crazy 0:17:18.200 --> 0:17:20.320 corn all day long. All right, I got a name 0:17:20.359 --> 0:17:22.200 for you. What comes to mind? I say this name 0:17:22.560 --> 0:17:29.840 Chris Mortenson, Oh mentor friend us, He's the best. That 0:17:29.880 --> 0:17:32.600 would be what I would say about Mark the best. 0:17:32.840 --> 0:17:36.520 All right. Now, final final question. I'm gonna put you 0:17:36.680 --> 0:17:39.760 into Michael J. Fox de Lorean from Back to the Future. 0:17:39.760 --> 0:17:42.600 Oh nice, okay, And I'm gonna ask you what were 0:17:42.640 --> 0:17:49.080 you doing on September twenty fifth, nineteen ninety four. September 0:17:49.200 --> 0:17:53.280 twenty fifth, nineteen ninety four, I would have been June. 0:17:53.320 --> 0:17:56.080 I would have been a junior in high school. Probably, 0:17:56.240 --> 0:17:57.480 I don't know what day of the week that was 0:17:57.560 --> 0:18:00.520 but high school football during that time. What's going on 0:18:00.640 --> 0:18:02.960 September twenty fifth. Oh, you just went for two hundred 0:18:02.960 --> 0:18:05.520 and fifteen yards and a cutch couple, a couple of tubs, 0:18:05.720 --> 0:18:10.160 you know, just doing it, easy work. Uh, therefore as 0:18:10.160 --> 0:18:14.760 an alcohol Christian beating. Yeah, man, how did you see? 0:18:15.640 --> 0:18:17.800 I gotta do my homework. And the thing is, I 0:18:17.920 --> 0:18:19.639 may be new, I may be new to this business, 0:18:19.680 --> 0:18:22.439 but I realized you never give away your sources. Right. 0:18:23.920 --> 0:18:27.119 That's good work right there. Heck, that's fantastic. That was 0:18:27.200 --> 0:18:30.520 Brethren Christian. That team they had, they had a player 0:18:30.560 --> 0:18:32.800 by name of Reggie Davis who was a line He 0:18:32.880 --> 0:18:34.520 was a quarterback in a linebacker. He went on to 0:18:34.560 --> 0:18:37.120 play the University of Washington and then played the National 0:18:37.119 --> 0:18:39.320 Football League for several years. But yeah, they were They 0:18:39.359 --> 0:18:42.600 were very athletic. It was a good team. Yeah. I 0:18:42.680 --> 0:18:44.280 told you I'm gonna put you in the deloring and 0:18:44.480 --> 0:18:47.520 I went against the time to see and for the deloring. 0:18:47.560 --> 0:18:50.680 I figured you relate to that. But DJ, thank you 0:18:50.800 --> 0:18:52.840 so much for joining me. Thank you so much for 0:18:52.920 --> 0:18:55.600 this opportunity. Man. I'll tell you what anytime, man, I 0:18:55.880 --> 0:18:58.679 really enjoyed it. I loved everything about it, from your 0:18:58.720 --> 0:19:01.520 background to your bleacher, to your questions to your research. 0:19:01.880 --> 0:19:04.560 It was awesome, all right man. Well, look, thank you 0:19:04.640 --> 0:19:06.280 so much for sitting down with me. I hope to 0:19:06.320 --> 0:19:09.080 get an opportunity to speak to you in the future. 0:19:09.280 --> 0:19:11.760 If you want to read any articles on DJ please 0:19:11.840 --> 0:19:14.560